Tales of a Technogypsie

Push (PG-13:2009)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465580/ Director: Paul McGuigan. Starring: Colin Ford … Young Nick; Joel Gretsch … Nick’s Father; Djimon Hounsou … Henry Carver; Dakota Fanning … Cassie Holmes; Robert Tsonos … Division Doctor #1; Brandon Rhea … Division Doctor #2; Camilla Belle … Kira Hudson; and many more. It’s a “Heroes” style film about groups of people [...]

Thor(PG-13: 2011)Director: Kenneth Branagh; Starring: Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Stellan Skarsgård as Erik Selvig, Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson, and many more. Based on the Ragnarok mythology, the 2011 American Superhero film “Thor” is based on the [...]

Red Room* http://www.redroomdvd.com/ * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia I definitely took another look when I saw the “Red Room” video box outside of the pharmacy in Canberra. My head said “Oh, A Red Box”, but the editor in me caught the spelling differentiatiion and took a double-look. “Red Room” …. hmmm …. as I [...]

Warehouse 13: Season 1, Episode 7 “Implosion” * See Warehouse 13 Season 1 Review for series information, actors, creators, and episode list. * Pete and Myka are tasked to chase after an Ancient Japanese Samurai Sword that creates its bearer invisible. Spoilers behind cut:

Stay Alive(PG-13: 2006)Director: William Brent Bell. Starring: Jon Foster … Hutch; Samaire Armstrong … Abigail; Frankie Muniz … Swink; Jimmi Simpson … Phineus; and many more. Based on the history of the Countess Blood, Elizabeth Bathory, she is brought back to life with a video game in this movie. The game’s writer incorporated magic, spellcraft, [...]

Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG: 2010) Directed by: Director: Jon Turteltaub. Starring: Nicolas Cage … Balthazar Blake; Jay Baruchel … Dave; Alfred Molina … Maxim Horvath; Teresa Palmer … Becky Barnes; Toby Kebbell … Drake Stone; and many more.Great classic tale of a coming-to-age young sorcerer learning his abilities and having to save the world from the [...]

Dead Alive (R: 1992)* Director: Peter Jackson * Starring: Timothy Balme … Lionel Cosgrove; Diana Peñalver … Paquita Maria Sanchez; Elizabeth Moody … Mum (Vera Cosgrove); Ian Watkin … Uncle Les; Brenda Kendall … Nurse McTavish; and many more. * A New Zealand produced zombie flick about a subservient mommy’s boy who does everything his [...]

Fuel (NR: 2008)* Director: Joshua Tickell * Starring: Joshua Tickell … Himself / narrator; Barbara Boxer … Herself – Senator – California; Richard Branson … Himself – Founder, Virgin Group; George W. Bush … Himself – President of the United States (archive footage); Jimmy Carter … Himself – President of the United States (archive footage); [...]

The Runaways (R: 2010) Director: Floria Sigismondi. Starring: Kristen Stewart … Joan Jett; Dakota Fanning … Cherie Currie; Michael Shannon … Kim Fowley; Stella Maeve … Sandy West; Scout Taylor-Compton … Lita Ford; Alia Shawkat … Robin; and many others. Its the story about Joan Jett as a San Fernando Valley teen named Joan Larkin [...]

Youth in Revolt (R: 2009)Director: Miguel Arteta. Starring: Michael Cera … Nick Twisp / Francois Dillinger; Portia Doubleday … Sheeni Saunders; Jean Smart … Estelle Twisp; Zach Galifianakis … Jerry; Erik Knudsen … Lefty; Adhir Kalyan … Vijay Joshi; and more.Another new modern comedy starring Michael Cera as the young 16 year old virgin Nick [...]

Mermaid (NR: 2007)Starring: Mariya Shalaeva … Alisa Titova (as Masha Shalayeva); Yevgeni Tsyganov … Aleksandr Viktorovich ‘Sasha’; Mariya Sokova … Alisa’s mother; Anastasiya Dontsova … Young Alisa (as Nastya Dontsova); Veronika Skugina Irina Skrinichenko … Rita – Sasha’s girlfriend; and many more. Director: Anna Melikyan. A great foreign film about a introverted little girl who [...]

Dorian Gray (R: 2010) * Director: Oliver Parker * Starring: Colin Firth … Lord Henry Wotton; John Hollingworth … Patrol Policeman; Caroline Goodall … Lady Radley; Nathan Rosen … Young Dorian; and many more. * Dorian Gray is a naive young Lord, a lovelorn artist of a man who lives to paint dark pictures of [...]

Thirst (R: 2009)* Director: Chan-wook Park * Starring: Kang-ho Song … Priest Sang-hyeon; Ok-bin Kim … Tae-ju; Hae-sook Kim … Lady Ra; Ha-kyun Shin … Kang-woo; In-hwan Park … Priest Noh; and many more. * It’s an Asian tale of a Catholic priest named “Sang-Hyun” who is working on a vaccine for a deadly virus. [...]

The Portal Mystery Concert* Friday, 16 July 2010 * Boulder Theater * Boulder, Colorado * www.theportalmystery.com * http://www.facebook.com/portalmystery * I received an email invitation from the now defunct spiritual tribal-rave band Kan’nal saying “The Portal” was premiering in their home town of Boulder, Colorado. So I enthusiastically got tickets online earlier in the week with [...]

She’s Out of My League (R: 2010) * Rated: 4 stars out of 5 * Starring: Jay Baruchel … Kirk; Alice Eve … Molly; T.J. Miller … Stainer; Mike Vogel … Jack; Nate Torrence … Devon; Lindsay Sloane … Marnie; and many more. * Director: Jim Field Smith * http://www.getyourrating.com/ * A hillarious comedy in [...]

Bounty Hunter (PG-13: 2010) * Rated: 3 stars out of 5 * Starring: Gerard Butler … Milo Boyd; Jennifer Aniston … Nicole Hurley; Gio Perez … Uncle Sam; Joel Garland … Dwight (as Joel Marsh Garland); Jason Kolotouros … Gelman; and many more. * Director: Andy Tennant * http://www.thepursuitbegins.com/ * Its an action drama tale [...]

Ondine (PG-13: 2010) * Rated: 5 stars out of 5 * Starring: Colin Farrell … Syracuse; Alicja Bachleda … Ondine; Dervla Kirwan … Maura; Alison Barry … Annie; Marion O’Dwyer … Nurse – Dialysis; Tony Curran … Alex; and many more. * Director: Neil Jordan * http://www.ondinefilm.com/ * A modern Irish lyrical faerie tale about [...]

The Crazies (R: 2010) Director: Breck Eisner. Starring: Timothy Olyphant … David Dutton; Radha Mitchell … Judy Dutton; Joe Anderson … Russell Clank; Danielle Panabaker … Becca Darling; Christie Lynn Smith … Deardra Farnum; Brett Rickaby … Bill Farnum; and Many More. Its that typical, expectable, tale of a small community at the mercy of [...]

Alice in Wonderland (2010: PG) Director: Tim Burton. Starring: Mia Wasikowska … Alice; Johnny Depp … Mad Hatter; Helena Bonham Carter … Red Queen; Anne Hathaway … White Queen; Crispin Glover … Stayne; Matt Lucas … Tweedledee / Tweedledum; and many others. A fantastical re-make of the stunning classic “Alice in Wonderland” by none-other than [...]

Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven (Pippi in the South Seas) (G: 1975)Director: Olle Hellbom. Starring: Inger Nilsson … Pippi Långstrump; Maria Persson … Annika; Pär Sundberg … Tommy; Beppe Wolgers … Captain Långstrump; Martin Ljung … Jocke med kniven; and many others. Continuing my childhood walk down memory lane – here goes Pippi Longstocking [...]

Iron Man 2 (PG-13: 2010)Director: Jon Favreau. Starring: Robert Downey Jr. … Tony Stark; Don Cheadle … Lt. Col. James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes / War Machine; Scarlett Johansson … Natalie Rushman / Natasha Romanoff; Gwyneth Paltrow … Pepper Potts; Sam Rockwell … Justin Hammer; Mickey Rourke … Ivan Vanko; and many others. Its the sequel to [...]

Lo (R: 2009 ) Director: Travis Betz. Starring: Jeremiah Birkett … Lo, Sarah Lassez … April, Ward Roberts … Justin, Devin Barry … Jeez, Aaron Gaffey … Waiter, Sarah Larissa Deckert … The Demon Rat, and others. Presented here is a horror-comedy of a love-struck occult novice who stumbling upon the Book of the Dead [...]

Video Vixens(R/NR/X: 1975) * Director: Henri Pachard. Starring: Keith Luckett … Gordon Jr., James Walters … Newscaster, Harrison Phillips … Gordon Gordon, Norman Fields … Clifford Bradley, Cheryl ‘Rainbeaux’ Smith … ‘Twinkle Twat Girl’, and many more … Another film I wouldn’t have seen if I wasn’t on a movie marathon in watching films that [...]

Clash of the Titans 3-D(PG-13: 2010). Director: Louis Leterrier. Starring: Sam Worthington … Perseus; Liam Neeson … Zeus; Ralph Fiennes … Hades; Jason Flemyng … Calibos / Acrisius; Gemma Arterton … Io; Alexa Davalos … Andromeda, and many others. Its the modern remake of the classic “Clash of the Titans” with Hollywood’s dash of futuristic [...]

Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural (R: 1973)Director: Richard Blackburn. Starring: Lesley Gilb … Lemora; Cheryl Smith … Lila Lee; William Whitton … Alvin Lee; Hy Pyke … The Bus Driver; Maxine Ballantyne … The Old Woman; and many more. Another great film I discovered as I am slowly working through my cousin’s filmography [...]

Fantasm Comes Again (NR: 1977) * Director: Colin Eggleston * Starring: Rick Cassidy … Mr. Bates (segment “Workout”); Con Covert … Mr. Clark (segment “The Good Old Gang at the Office”); Uschi Digard … Leslie (segment “Straw Dolls”; Dee Dee Levitt … Bianca (segment “Straw Dolls”); Angela Menzies-Wills … Libby; Candy Samples … Frances (segment [...]

Phantom of the Paradise (PG: 1974) * Director: Brian De Palma * Starring: William Finley … Winslow / The Phantom; Paul Williams … Swan; Jessica Harper … Phoenix; Gerrit Graham … Beef; George Memmoli … Philbin; Cheryl ‘Rainbeaux’ Smith … Groupie; and many more. * A Gothic Horror Story * A beautiful love story * [...]

Jericho: Season 1-2 (TV: 2006-2008) Creators:Stephen Chbosky, Josh Schaer, Jonathan E. Steinberg. Starring: Skeet Ulrich … Jake Green (29 episodes, 2006-2008), Lennie James … Robert Hawkins (29 episodes, 2006-2008), Ashley Scott … Emily Sullivan (28 episodes, 2006-2008), Kenneth Mitchell … Eric Green (26 episodes, 2006-2008), Brad Beyer … Stanley Richmond (25 episodes, 2006-2008), April Parker-Jones [...]

Revenge of the Cheerleaders (R: 1976) Director: Richard Lerner. Starring: Jerii Woods … Gail, Cheryl Smith … Heather (as Rainbeaux Smith), Helen Lang … Leslie, Patrice Rohmer … Sesame, Susie Elene … Tishi, Eddra Gale … Nurse Beam, William Bramley … Walter Hartlander, Norman Thomas Marshall … Hall Walker, and many more. Another film I [...]

The Swinging Cheerleaders (R: 1974) Director: Jack Hill. Starring: Jo Johnston … Kate, Cheryl Smith … Andrea (as Rainbeaux Smith), Colleen Camp … Mary Ann, Rosanne Katon … Lisa, Ron Hajek … Buck, and many others. Also known as “H.O.T.S. II” and “Locker Room Girls” this cult B-rate classic I probably would of never stumbled [...]